On a warm April morning, in the minutes after roll call ends and before lessons begin, the classroom is buzzing with energy. It’s one of two classrooms in a primary school surrounded by sal trees deep ...

Given India’s language diversity, digital content companies already face a challenge in trying to show and translate content accurately. Google is facing a similar problem with AI Overviews recently ...

India’s language policy debate — reignited by the National Education Policy’s implementation — reveals deeper tensions between the country’s state and central governments, with southern states ...

Structural challenges and the nation’s many languages have made it tough to develop foundational AI models. But the government is keen not to be left behind. In Bengaluru, India, Adithya Kolavi felt a ...

In some Indian languages, the word for “language” is bhasha—the vowels long and warm, as in “car” or “tar.” It has a formal weight and a refined spirit. It comes to us from the classical heights of ...